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#BFEBD6

Pale Mint · very light cool green

About #BFEBD6

#BFEBD6 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 75% red, 92% green and 84% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 8% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is virtually identical to Pale Mint (ΔE 2.2), with Powder Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EBBFD4 (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.07:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red191
Green235
Blue214

Closest named colours

Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 2.2
Powder Blue
#B0E0E6 · ΔE 14.6
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 15.2

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #BFEBD6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BFEBD6.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on pale mint #BFEBD6.
16.07:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BFEBD6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BFEBD6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9E4D5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1DFD7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#B6EBE5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BFEBD6?

#BFEBD6 is a very light, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 75% red, 92% green and 84% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 8% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #BFEBD6?

Use black text. Black on #BFEBD6 has a contrast ratio of 16.07:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BFEBD6?

Its complementary colour is #EBBFD4, and analogous partners are #BFEBC0 and #BFEAEB.